Category: Featured

  • Tweet City Heights: Including DACA Recipients in Health Care Reform

    By Megan Burks Including DACA Recipients in Health Care Reform Immigrant rights groups, health advocates and others are pushing for the Affordable Care Act to benefit undocumented immigrants who receive temporary legal status under President Obama’s deferred action policy. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals gives some young undocumented immigrants the ability to reside legally in…

  • Healing 44th Street

    The murder of 18-year-old Rickquese McCoy stunned the City Heights block where he lived. Now his father, Ricky McCoy, Jr., and his grandfather, Ricky McCoy, Sr., are bringing together neighbors on the block to try to end youth violence in their neighborhood. | Video Credit: Brian Myers By Megan Burks Healing 44th Street, Aired on…

  • Tweet City Heights: Communities South of I-8 Make Big Impact on Local Election

    By Megan Burks Communities South of I-8 Have Big Impact on Local Election In the days following President Barack Obama’a reelection, there was a lot of talk about the impact Latino and Asian voters made (for more on that, click here and here). There was a similar demographic shift here in San Diego. San Diego…

  • Election Results: The Ones City Heights Residents Were Watching

    By Megan Burks Yesterday I visited three polling places in City Heights – Church of The Brethren in Fairmount Park, the City Heights Recreation Center and the Mid-City Police Substation – to talk with voters about which candidates and measures motivated them to get out and vote. Below are the results of some of those…

  • Youth Question Mayoral Candidates on Bullying and Other Teen Issues

    They may not be able to cast ballots, but teenagers involved with the nonprofit, Social Advocates for Youth San Diego, might have something better—a contract of sorts with San Diego’s future mayor. Teens in the Latino Youth Council, Critical Voice and Elevated Student Relations asked both Carl DeMaio and Bob Filner to fill out a…